Pictured: The man who was shot in the head - and caught the bullet in his NOSE

This X-ray picture shows who a man who was shot in the head by a robber survived because the bullet lodged in his nose.

Daniel Greenwood 'couldn't believe he was still alive' after the shooting at a house in Wythenshawe, Manchester.Doctors were able to remove the bullet but Mr Greenwood says he still suffers flashbacks, sleeplessness and headaches.

He was shot while struggling with David Cummins who had tried to snatch a gold chain from around his neck.

The pair were at the house with other people when the incident took place, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Andrew MacIntosh, prosecuting, said Cummins, 21, had shown the others the 9mm handgun, which he put on a worktop before trying to grab Mr Greenwood's chain.Mr MacIntosh said Cummins was hit on the head with a claw hammer and then he and Mr Greenwood grabbed for the gun, which went off.

The bullet hit Mr Greenwood in the face and lodged in his nose. Cummins, of Longlevens Road, Woodhouse Park, was given an indeterminate prison sentence after he admitted possessing the gun and robbery.

The prosecution accepted he had not deliberately shot his victim, and that the gun went off during the struggle.But judge Mr Justice MacDuff told Cummins he must serve at least three and a half years before he could be considered for parole, adding: 'It was by good fortune he [Mr Greenwood] was not more seriously injured than he was.'

Cummins, who had a string of previous convictions for robbery, fled Wythenshawe after the shooting.

He was arrested by armed police in a hotel in Blackpool three days later. The gun still loaded was found in a sock.